Canberra .NET User Group: “Why you should stop estimating" - Gerard Beckerleg

PLEASE NOTE: Microsoft Canberra has moved. The user group will be held at Microsoft's new address: Level 4, 6 National Circuit, Barton.

“No Estimates - Stop lying to yourself and your customers, and stop estimating” – Gerard Beckerleg
After his hugely successful session last year Gerard Beckerleg is back to take on one of the most divisive topics in software: estimation.

Gerard Beckerleg will take a dive into the depths of this controversial topic and extract the most interesting ideas and raise some very difficult questions about the big white elephant in the room that is Software Estimation.​

After examining the pros and cons of estimation Gerard will lay the blueprint for a better way to help you and your clients get what they are really looking for.

About the presenter:
Scrum guru Gerard Beckerleg has been a Solution Architect at SSW in Sydney since 2011. Although he specialises in Web applications, Gerard has extensive experience in Microsoft.NET and loves working with C#, MVC, SQL Server, Umbraco, Kendo UI and SharePoint. He also lists Scrum and agile practices as a passion. Using these skills and frameworks, Gerard has brought to life a raft of successful projects, such as Toll, Sydney Airports, McDonalds, Event Cinemas, and National Australia Day Council.

An established and confident speaker and trainer, Gerard has delivered numerous courses including SharePoint 2010 and .NET MVC at the University of Technology in Sydney, and is also a regular speaker at the Sydney and Canberra .NET User Groups.